Where Did They Go?

Whenever we post about low bails in Cook County or mention the hundreds of missing criminals on Electronic Monitoring, someone invariably says, "There ought to be a website that tracks all these missing criminals. SCC, get on that!"

(We find it amusing that people are willing to volunteer our already limited time for something they are unwilling to expend the effort on.)

But someone is making the effort - the Crime in Boystown and Wrigleyville blog:

• About six months ago, we published our very first story about people accused of committing crimes in our area who had skipped bail and gone missing.
  
  Well, our list of bail-skippers has grown significantly since then, so it's apparently time for an update.
  
  With Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans ordering judges to lower bail amounts to something defendants can afford, we expect to continue seeing many more people going AWOL than in the past.
  
  The following information about persons missing on bail reflects court clerk information on January 5, 2018.

We aren't going to steal their content, so click the link up top and give them your internet traffic. Obviously, their efforts are centered around the neighborhoods they serve, which happen to be a politically active neighborhood with many willing to donate to causes and politicians. Hopefully the CWB blog efforts demonstrate to the citizens how poorly served they are by the Cook County criminal justice system.